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"And that’s it…", Zenitsu said, head down, resting it on my desk.
"I’m sorry, Zenitsu.", Tanjiro tried to comfort him.
Zenitsu had ended yet another one of his relationships. I swear, it doesn’t surprise me anymore. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with him — well, nothing too wrong with him. As some people in his situation would say, “My mistake was loving too much.” I think that fits him perfectly.
"Maybe it was for the best…"
"She cheated on him right in front of him and said it was an accident!", I said, irritated. " If I were you, i’d be angry, not sad!", I added, crossing my arms.
Zenitsu rolled his eyes and lifted his head.
"You say that because you’ve never dated anyone and never been cheated on by someone you liked! You’ve never fallen in love, you don’t know how i feel."
"Man, what a drama. It’s the same thing every time! ‘Oh, I met the girl of my dreams," I said, imitating him. "And then one or two weeks later, you show up like, ‘Oh no, she broke my heart! Boo-hoo!".
He looked at me frustrated, then took a deep breath.
"You’ve never gotten close to a girl who isn’t from our little group. You don’t know how girls can crush guys… but one day you will, and i’ll remember today."
"You’ll be waiting your whole life for a girl to break my heart."
"We’ll see about that…"
"Guys, seriously! Stop fighting!", Tanjiro said, clearly upset. "Zenitsu, you shouldn’t wish that on anyone. And Inosuke, don’t be so insensitive!"
"It’s not like he cares about anyone besides himself."
"Zenitsu!"
"I have literature class now, see you at lunch."
"Hey, Zenitsu, wait!"
"I’m late, Tanjiro!"
Then he grabbed his backpack and walked out of the classroom. There were still five minutes before the next class.
"Ah, great...", Tanjiro grumbled.
"Stupid. All this over some girl."
Tanjiro looked at me seriously, but also sad and disappointed.
"You know how Zenitsu is, Inosuke. Just like we both know you can be explosive sometimes… you and i both know he’s sentimental."
"That’s his problem."
"Don’t say that! He’s our friend!"
"More your friend than mine…"
He stared at me in disbelief, and i stood up.
"I have fencing class now.", great, i was using the same excuse Zenitsu used to escape the conversation.
"Inosuke!"
"Leave me alone! I don’t want to take part in talks about how pathetic Monitsu’s love life is, i don’t want to talk about me being insensitive, and even less about my future love life — if it ever even exists."
"Why do i always have to fix these things in the end? You could at least pretend, i don’t know. It always ends up on me."
"Let’s just… pretend nothing happened and… have lunch like normal. I don’t want to talk about this kind of stuff."
"But if we don’t talk about these fights, the problem will keep going."
"We’ll talk later, okay?"
Tanjiro looked at me, sad, and just nodded with his head down. I hated seeing him like that — and it was always our fault or because of something stupid we did. But i really didn’t want to talk about it anymore.
When i left the classroom, i bumped into Nezuko.
"Oh! Sorry, Inosuke. Have you seen Tanjiro around?", she asked.
"Look… Monitsu is an idiot."
"…Right?", she answered, confused.
"He’s in the classroom."
"That one i understood, thanks a lot," she said, patting my head.
"Better not thank me.", I walked off, picking up my pace.
I was sad and angry — really angry. Someone once told me that sadness and anger are connected emotions, maybe it was true. I’d fought with my two best friends and ran away from the argument like a coward.
Besides that, i felt like a terrible person. For some reason, when Zenitsu said he had broken up with his girlfriend… i felt like smiling.
Maybe i really was a terrible person.
Or maybe… i just needed to take out my anger in fencing class.